News quiz for week ending 5/7/10

Questions

1. Which of the following is not part of Mexico’s law on illegal immigrants in that country?a) illegal immigration is a felony, punishable by up to two years in prisonb) citizens who help illegal immigrants are considered criminalsc) illegal immigrants are to be given a ride to the border and told to return to their own countryd) Immigrants who are deported and attempt to re-enter the country can be imprisoned for 10 years

3. The principal of a New Jersey middle school sent an email to parents asking them to:a) prohibit their kids from using social networking websitesb) prohibit their kids from using computers at homec) require their kids to complete all of their homework onlined) prohibit the use of cell phones and ipods on school nights

4. The principal’s reason for his request was that:a) kids send too many text messages to their friendsb) many of the songs kids listen to have mature contentc) he hates computersd) middle schoolers are too immature to handle insults/bullying they might receive on these sights

5. Faisal Shahzad, accused of attempting to explode a car bomb in New York City’s Times Square last week, is:a) a Hindu from Indiab) a Muslim from Pakistanc) a Catholic from Irelandd) a Buddhist from Burma

6. Shahzad obtained citizenship last year by:a) bribing an immigration attorneyb) marrying an Americanc) being born in the U.S.d) meeting all of the requirements after living here for years with a green card

7. BP’s short-term solution for their oil leak being implemented this week in the Gulf is a Subsea Oil Recovery System, a 100-ton concrete-and-steel box designed to:a) plug the hole in the oil well until it can be repairedb) reroute the oil to a second well that was dug the day after the explosionc) act like a funnel and siphon the oil up through 5,000 feet of pipe and onto a tanker at the surfaced) burn off all of the oil as it comes to the surface

8. Engineers are not sure if the Subsea Oil Recovery System will succeed because:a) this type of system has never been tried before at such depthsb) the fire may burn out of controlc) many commercial fishermen are opposed to the idead) it is a very expensive solution

9. Four California high school students wearing American flag apparel were sent home from school this week:a) for being too patrioticb) for disrespecting students of Mexican heritage who were celebrating Cinco de Mayoc) because the American flag could incite a confrontation with Mexican students d) because they lacked style

10. Mexican-Americans students reacted to the wearing of American flag t-shirts on Cinco de Mayo by:a) inviting the American students to join in their celebrationb) going to the administration and lodging a complain against the display of American patriotismc) displaying American flags alongside their Mexican flagsd) staging a protest march during school